Lesley Weidenbener

Starting this week, we’ll also be closing the paper with a new feature: Last Word, a Q&A with an Indiana entrepreneur or business leader.

The downtown is vibrant. The riverfront features recreation and walking trails. And the beautiful Clifty Falls State Park offers—when the weather and season are right—gorgeous waterfalls.

Being a journalist requires diving into unfamiliar topics or issues, gathering as much information and analysis as quickly as possible, then massaging that information into a story that helps readers understand an issue better.

We want your help finding our next group of extraordinary leaders to honor for our Women of Influence program. Go to IBJ.com/nominations to get more details and fill out the nomination form. Nominations are due Aug. 2.

I’ll write more over the coming months about some of the ideas we picked up at The Alliance of Area Business Publishers conference in Baton Rouge and how we intend to implement them at IBJ.

While Rowland commanded attention for her work on hundreds of office spaces across the region, she is best known for her work in the community, which started in earnest when she became president of the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission.

Speed in correcting an error doesn’t excuse an error. But our goal is to correct mistakes as quickly as possible. It’s the only way we can maintain our credibility with readers.

I’m most immediately excited that a Sushi Boss restaurant is moving into a vacant space on the Circle. (It’s true; the quickest way to a journalist’s heart is through food.)

Live music is more fun when you can see the people around you dancing and singing. A close basketball game is more exciting when you feel the emotions of the crowd rising and falling with every play. Even fireworks appear more beautiful when you can hear the delight in the laughs of kids nearby.